Electoral district of West Torrens

West Torrens South Australia—House of Assembly
Map of Adelaide, South Australia with electoral district of West Torrens highlighted Electoral district of West Torrens (green) in the Greater Adelaide area
State	South Australia
Dates current	1857–1902, 1915–1938, 1956–1970, 2002–present
MP	Tom Koutsantonis
Party	Australian Labor Party (SA)
Namesake	City of West Torrens
Electors	23,892 (2014)
Area	25.1 km2 (9.7 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Coordinates

West Torrens is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Named after the City of West Torrens because of its location on the River Torrens, it is a 25.1 km² urban electorate in Adelaide's west. It includes the suburbs and areas of Adelaide Airport, Brooklyn Park, Cowandilla, Hilton, Keswick Terminal, Kurralta Park, Marleston, Mile End, Mile End South, Netley, North Plympton, Richmond, Thebarton, Torrensville, Underdale and West Richmond, as well as parts of Lockleys.

West Torrens has had four incarnations as a South Australian Assembly electoral district (plus one as an early unicameral Council district). It was first used as district in the Legislative Council, from 1851 until 1857; Charles Simeon Hare, then Thomas Reynolds being the members. From 1857 onwards, it became one of House of Assembly districts, returning two members until it was abolished as a name at the 1902 election. At the 1915 election, it was recreated as a House of Assembly seat returning two members, being abolished again at the 1938 election when single-member districts were introduced. In 1955 it was recreated to replace the abolished seat of Thebarton for the 1956 election, the first time that the district was represented by a single member. It was abolished at the 1970 election and replaced with the electoral district of Peake, until reverting to its original name for the 2002 election, after a redistribution.

Members

First incarnation (1857–1902)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Luther Scammell		1857–1860		James Cole		1857–1860
	Thomas Magarey		1860–1862		George Morphett		1860–1861
					R. I. Stow		1861–1865
	Henry Strangways		1862–1871
					John Pickering		1865–1868
					G. T. Bean		1868–1870
					John Pickering		1870–1870
					W. H. Bean		1870–1871
	James Boucaut		1871–1875
					John Pickering		1871–1878
	Benjamin Taylor		1875–1876
	J. M. Sinclair		1876–1878
	W. J. Magarey		1878–1881		W. H. Bean		1878–1884
	F. E. Bucknall		1881–1887
					Arthur Harvey		1884–1887
	Benjamin Gould		1887–1893		Benjamin Nash		1887–1890
					T. H. Brooker		1890–1902
	Frank Hourigan	Labor	1893–1901
Second incarnation (1915–1938)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Henry Chesson	Labor	1915–1917		Thompson Green	Labor	1915–1917
		National	1917–1918			National	1917–1918
	Alfred Blackwell	Labor	1918–1931		John McInnes	Labor	1918–1931
		Parliamentary Labor	1931–1934			Parliamentary Labor	1931–1934
		Labor	1934–1938			Labor	1934–1938

Third incarnation (1956–1970)
Member		Party	Term
	Fred Walsh	Labor	1956–1965
	Glen Broomhill	Labor	1965–1970
Fourth incarnation (2002–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Tom Koutsantonis	Labor	2002–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of West Torrens

South Australian state election, 2014: West Torrens

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Koutsantonis	10,261	49.1	−1.0
	Liberal	Serge Ambrose	7,295	34.9	+2.0
	Greens	Tim White	2,454	11.7	−0.2
	Family First	Tim Leeder	894	4.3	+0.8
Total formal votes			20,904	96.7	+0.1
Informal votes			712	3.3	−0.1
Turnout			21,616	90.5	−1.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Koutsantonis	12,716	60.8	+0.0
	Liberal	Serge Ambrose	8,188	39.2	−0.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.0

References

• ABC profile for West Torrens: 2014
• ECSA profile for West Torrens: 2014
• Poll Bludger profile for West Torrens: 2014